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Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2017
Alleged Russian hacker arrested in Spain reportedly over US Presidential Election Hack

Spanish law enforcement arrested in Barcellona the Russian hacker Pyotr Levashov who is suspected of being involved in attacks on 2016 US Election. Spanish law enforcement arrested in Barcelona the Russian hacker and alleged spam kingpin Pyotr Levashov (36). The man is suspected of being involved in hacking attacks against entities linked to the 2016 US Presidential Election. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2017
How to get admin credentials from TP-Link M5350 3G/Wi-Fi modem with a text message

A German security researcher discovered how to retrieve the admin credentials from a TP-Link M5350 3G/Wi-Fi modem with an evil text message Some bugs are very strange and dangerous, this is the case of a flaw affecting the TP-Link’s M5350 3G/Wi-Fi router that can expose admin credentials to an evil text message. The bug was discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2017
Researchers warn of a Windows Zero-Day Attack observed in the wild

Security researchers from firms McAfee and FireEye are warning of a Windows zero-day attack in the wild that put Microsoft users at risk of hack. Security researchers from security firms McAfee and FireEye are warning of hackers exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability in the wild. Just opening an MS Word document could put you at risk, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2017
ATMitch – Crooks stole $800,000 from 8 ATMs in Russia using Fileless Malware

According to Kaspersky Lab, crooks have robbed at least 8 ATMs in Russia and stole $800,000 in just one night using a Fileless malware dubbed ATMitch. According to experts at Kaspersky, hackers have robbed at least 8 ATMs in Russia and stole $800,000 in just one night. The cyber heist caught the attention of security […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2017
Security Affairs newsletter Round 106 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. First of all, let me inform you that at the #infosec16 SecurityAffairs was awarded as The Best European Personal Security Blog http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/48202/breaking-news/securityaffairs-best-european-personal-security-blog.html ·      Android Chrysaor spyware went undetected for years ·      UEFI Vulnerabilities allow to fully compromise Gigabyte Mini […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2017
Millions of mobile phones and laptops potentially exposed to attack leveraging baseband zero-days

The researcher Ralf Weinmann revealed that millions of mobile phones and laptops are potentially exposed to attack leveraging baseband zero-days he discovered. The researcher Ralf-Phillip Weinmann, managing director at security firm Comsecuris, has disclosed a zero-day baseband vulnerability affecting Huawei smartphones, laptop WWAN modules, and IoT components. Baseband is firmware used on smartphones to connect to cellular […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2017
The Shadow Brokers release more alleged NSA hacking tools and exploits

The Shadow Brokers hacking crew sent a message to President Trump commenting recent political events and released more alleged NSA hacking tools. The Shadow Brokers is the mysterious group that in October 2016 claimed to have stolen a bunch of hacking tools used by the NSA for its operations. At the end of October 2016, the hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2017
RensenWare ransomware – You will decrypt files only scoring .2 Billion in TH12 Game

The rensenWare ransomware rather than demanding money, it requires the victims to score “over 0.2 billion” playing “TH12 game. Security experts at MalwareHunterTeam have spotted a new ransomware dubbed ‘rensenWare’. The ransomware is very strange, rather than demanding money, it requires the victims to score “over 0.2 billion” playing “TH12 — Undefined Fantastic Object”. The RensenWare […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2017
Brickerbot botnet, the thingbot that permanently destroys IoT devices

Security researchers have spotted a new threat dubbed Brickerbot botnet that causes permanent damage to Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Months ago we anticipated the possible spike in the number of IoT botnets, at the beginning it was Mirai, but later other dangerous thingbot appeared in the wild such as the Leet Botnet and the Amnesia botnet. Now a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2017
Sathurbot botnet, over 20,000 bots launched a distributed WordPress password attack

Experts observed a new threat targeting WordPress install, the Sathurbot botnet attempts to bruteforce WordPress accounts. Once compromised a WordPress website, the Sathurbot botnet uses it to spread the malware. The Sathurbot leverages torrents as a delivery mechanism, once a website is compromised it is used to host fake movie and software torrents. When victims search for […]